So, we drove down to Murray Park on the bus. I really hadn't had it mentally for the last couple days that this race was serious and that I had better do well, which wasn't very good. We warmed up quite a bit. We did a little bit of speed that I wasn't going very fast on, even though I was trying to. I had to throw on my flats and do my static stretching quick because we had warmed up and lost track of when we were running.
I was really nervous because I had no idea what to expect. There was one false start which I wasn't too happy about, but I didn't have a good start either, so it was okay. When we actually started I was going as fast as I could, but I got boxed in. I tried to pass as many people as possible because I could see the pack of the rest of the Sky View girls, I just couldn't catch up to them. When we went through the baseball diamond I passed so many people because I got on the far side. When we got to the point of the trees I was already super tired. I didn't really expect what was coming up- tight corners, sand, wood chips. Then, there was the "Murray Hill." I had always thought it was one of the hills that was just going up the grass that wasn't much of a big deal. Turns out it was really steep dirt with only a couple feet across and so many people are going up it at once. A few people passed me there. When we were out of the trees and onto some soccer fields there was a huge headwind. We went around a post and a girl swung around it and hit me because I went around it really wierd. I heard people on the sidelines telling other girls to get in those arrow dynamics with the wind. I actually was playing around with my hands straight out and I made my arms pump really hard which made me go faster and pass a few other girls. I don't really know why I did that, but it was kind of fun. I could still see the SV girls and I was really close to them. I just kept going and when we went around a statue, I caught up to Megan. We were back and forth for a little while. Then, a huge herd of Varsity boys were coming around the corner. I was stuck in the pack. It kind of helped, but mainly really messed me up because they were all sprinting. They slowed down when I was supposed to begin sprinting. I hoped I wouldn't miss the turn to finish and run the race with the boys which luckily I didn't. The final sprint I tried my hardest to catch this Orem girl and we were .2 seconds apart, I don't know who won.
I felt really good about my race. (Wow I wrote a lot!) I wished my start had been a little better and I could have stayed with the girls. I'm now sixth on varsity and I'm hoping I can get a little further up, but our first to our sixth girls' times were about 17 seconds difference! We are doing so amazing by sticking together which I'm so happy about. We did a little cool down around three fourths a mile which I did barefoot (not smart).
|